February 1885: Chief Justice Mercer Beasley led the Court of Errors and Appeals in reinstating a ruling against a putative father in a bastardy case, which had been overturned for lack of facts on the record that, by statute, were the basis of jurisdiction. “The power to relieve the public from the burthen of supporting bastards is a common law power of great antiquity, and the statutes of this state are mere regulations of such authority,” he wrote in Schomp v. Tompkins .
100 Years Ago
February 1910: The Court of Errors and Appeals had dismissed a large number of cases of late, each due to omission of a necessary document like a sealed bill of exceptions or a certified transcript of the judgment under review. “The rules of the court are explicit, and it seems strange that these lapses are allowed to occur by attorneys who are supposed to know the rules,” the editors wrote.
75 Years Ago
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